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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is stupid.  I really doubt anyone seriously believes that it is in this child’s best interest to have his/her parents arrested and go into foster care.

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Agree.  This is absurd.  The baby was in a safe space (crib), secured in the bedroom and the parents were nearby.  They weren’t even a car ride away.  They were in the same building.  The chances the hotel catching on fire are slim to none.  Your house could also catch on fire while your kid is sleeping and you aren’t in the same room as them [/quote]

They weren't in the same building.  If you look on google map the Jetty restaurant is not in the same hotel.

Also, this wasn't a baby, it was a toddler at an age when many children start climbing out of cribs.  Most hotel rooms have accessible door handles that toddlers can open, and don't have a way to lock from the outside that prevents opening the door with the handle. [/quote]

This is why I don’t shower or sleep when I stay in a hotel room with my children.  If DH is with me, we sleep in shifts.  [/quote]

If you're in a hotel room with a child young enough to sleep in a crib, and old enough to climb out of a crib, like this one, it makes sense to put the latch on the door before you take a shower, or go to sleep.  You can't do that if you are outside the room.  So, your logic doesn't apply.

You should not leave toddlers in hotel rooms that they can leave at will and go to restaurants that are not connected to the hotel.  I can't believe we are even debating this.  If you desperately want to go to a restaurant without your kids, you should ask Grandma or Uncle or whoever to watch your kids.  If you don't, then apparently the police will.  That's not horrifying.  [/quote]
+1 this is crazy.  hotel rooms aren't *that* safe.  That's why people use the latches and lock the door when they go to sleep.

If there was a fire in the hotel, there is no way the parents would've gotten to the kids in time, assuming this was a multi-story hotel building.  Most of us don't live in more than a 2 story house, so being outside in your yard while your kid is in the house is not as big of a deal.[/quote]

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